Happy Sunday Reader,

I’ve been sitting with a lot of clarity lately around relationships, habits, and old versions of myself that I tried to carry longer than I needed to. There were situations I held on to simply because I had history with them, as if time was enough to justify effort even after the alignment was gone. For years, I thought that made me loyal and dependable. What I see now is that I was often ignoring the part of me that already knew it was time to let go.

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Staying too long never protected anything, it only delayed true internal peace.

There is a real shift that happens when you stop trying to be “the understanding one” at your own expense. I realized I was trying to prove I was solid by over-functioning, over-explaining, or over-staying. I have finally realized that I do not have to keep answering to versions of myself that existed in environments you have now outgrown.

I have reached a place where I pay attention to how something feels now, not how it used to feel. If my body tightens, my energy feels drained, or I leave an interaction questioning myself instead of feeling grounded, that is enough information. I don’t need to audit it from ten angles or make excuses for it. I listen, and I adjust.

Letting go does not have to be dramatic or harsh. I am actually finding that it feels steady and clean, like relief even... I don’t need to carry resentment or turn people into villains. I simply no longer force what has clearly reached its natural end.

Choosing myself is no longer something I feel guilty about. It feels like alignment and self-trust, and I’m grateful to finally live from that place.

If you’re in this chapter too, where you’re honoring what feels true instead of performing who you used to be, I see you. It takes courage to stop holding on out of habit and instead let authenticity guide your steps. You deserve relationships and environments that meet you where you are, not where you had to be to survive old seasons.

I'd love to hear one thing you're releasing or outgrowing right now.

Yes God,
Megan

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